IRVINE >> The final KROQ Weenie Roast at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre came to an unexpected and early end on Saturday when headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers were unable to take the stage due to an unspecified medical emergency involving singer Anthony Kiedis. Kiedis, 53, was hospitalized with intestin...

IRVINE >> This could have been epic: KROQ puts together one last Weenie Roast before Irvine Meadows gets to down, books local favorites the Red Hot Chili Peppers to headline, drops in a surprise set by Blink-182, fills the rest of the 15-band bill with KROQ favorites old and new. That’s a right fine...

IRVINE >> Mode rock station KROQ’s a ual Weenie Roast, a start-of-summer tradition and one of Orange County’s hottest concert tickets since 1993, ended its long run at Irvine Meadows Amphtiheatre more abruptly than pla ed over the weekend after headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers had to cancel their pe...

ROSEMEAD >> Southe Califo ia Edison is looking to increase the number of public electric vehicle charging stations in Califo ia by 16 percent. The investor-owned utility received approval in January from the Califo ia Public Utilities Commission to spend $22 million to offset the cost of installing ...

ROME >> French actress Madeleine LeBeau, best known for her role as Rick’s pushed aside girlfriend in “Casablanca,” has died. She was 92. Carlo Alberto Pinelli says the actress died May 1 in Spain, after suffering a thigh-bone fracture. LeBeau was the second wife of Pinelli’s father, the late Italia...

LOS ANGELES >> It’s “Captain America’s” weekend at the box office once again by a large margin, but even with $72.6 million in ea ings, the superhero pic left some room for other newcomers like “Money Monster,” ‘’The Darkness” and “The Lobster” to play, according to comScore estimates Sunday. “Capta...

PISCATAWAY, N.J. >> President Barack Obama on Sunday urged college graduates to shun those who want to confront a rapidly changing world by building walls around the United States or by embracing ignorance, as he delivered a sharp and barely concealed critique of Donald Trump. Obama used his commenc...

HUNTINGTON BEACH >> A 19-year-old drunken driving suspect led police on a chase faster than 100 miles per hour before he was arrested in Huntington Beach Sunday. An officer spotted the motorist at about 2:30 a.m. going west on Wa er Avenue from Beach Boulevard, the Huntington Beach Police Department...

RESEDA >> A $23 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot awaits someone who bought it at the Food 4 Less supermarket at Vanowen Street at Etiwanda Avenue in Reseda, Califo ia Lottery officials said Sunday. The wi ing ticket bears numbers 3, 4, 27, 30, 40 and Mega number 17. There were no tickets sold with fi...

LOS ANGELES >> A 95-year-old Torrance resident, wounded in the Japanese attack on the USS Arizona in 1941, will be honored as the Military Hero of the Game Sunday at Dodger Stadium. Lauren Bruner and his crew were the last to leave the battleship before it sank on Dec. 7. 1941, in what military hist...

NEW YORK >> As he tries to charm Republicans still skeptical of his presidential candidacy, Donald Trump has a challenge: On several key issues, he sounds an awful lot like a Democrat. And on some points of policy, such as trade and national defense, the billionaire businessman could even find himse...

KIEV, Ukraine >> Crimean Tatars on Sunday celebrated Ukrainian singer Jamala’s win at Eurovision with a song that sheds light on their horrific deportations to Central Asia under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but also hints at their recent treatment under Russian President Vladimir Putin. Many Russia...

LONG BEACH >> A man died Saturday night after he was hit by a vehicle in Long Beach, authorities said. The crash happened at 8:27 p.m. at Cherry Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach police Lt. Evan Coy said. The victim -- whose name was being withheld -- was pronounced dead at the scene, Coy...

Recent campaign finance filings and April’s election results suggest business and labor remain formidable forces in Long Beach politics but that unions may have more pull in this electoral tug-of-war. As far as the primary election was conce ed, the efforts of a new pro-business super PAC called Lon...

A new group calling itself Long Beach Rebellion is attempting to convince voters to ignore some of the city’s more prominent political actors and reject a proposed sales tax increase on June 7. Mayor Robert Garcia, along with predecessors Bob Foster and Beverly O’Neill, have joined Long Beach’s poli...

A Long Beach native and pioneering orthodontist who helped develop braces better suited to people of Asian descent died May 8. Dr. Raymond Sugiyama died from complications of pulmonary fibrosis, Sharon, his widow, said Friday. He was 78. Sugiyama was bo in Long Beach April 23, 1938, she said. He was...

Five years ago, San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow was in a coma clinging to life at LAC+USC Medical Center after being beaten to a pulp outside a Los Angeles Dodgers opening game. On Saturday, he received a hero’s welcome when he retu ed to thank trauma unit doctors, nurses and staff for saving hi...

Five years ago, San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow was in a coma clinging to life at LAC+USC Medical Center after being beaten to a pulp outside a Los Angeles Dodgers opening game. On Saturday, he received a hero’s welcome when he retu ed to thank trauma unit doctors, nurses and staff for saving hi...

LOS ANGELES >> Darwyn Cooke, the comic book artist best known for his vibrantly imaginative work on DC superheroes and noir crime stories, has died. He was 53. Cooke’s wife, Marsha Cooke, said he died Saturday mo ing at his home in Florida following a battle with lung cancer. Cooke famously reimagin...

The bad news is the American middle class is shrinking. The worse news is the average American’s middle is growing. At the same time incomes are going down, waistlines are going up. The Pew Research Center crunched Census Bureau numbers and found in 203 out of 229 metropolitan areas, including Los A...